86. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC In the 80s, the station became KROQ-FM and continued playing a variety of different genres, with its main focus on rock music. Kaplan's strategy differed from Weatherly's; he immediately shifted the playlist to focus on alternative pop, with heavy airplay of artists including Billie Eilish, Machine Gun Kelly, Post Malone, Powfu, 24kGoldn, Beabadoobee and Dominic Fike. I found a 2fer for you all, a double cassette set (one C90 & one C60) dated February 1, 1981. 98. The idea was to get em to come back for more, dont you think? she asked playfully. Cheap Trick - High Priest of Rhythmic Noise, 98. The former co-host of KROQs beloved Kevin and Bean Show went on to speculate that he and his crew were fired due to poor ratings. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav2n=MSFPpreload("_derived/KROQ-main.htm_cmp_sandston010_vbtn.gif"); MSFPnav2h=MSFPpreload("_derived/KROQ-main.htm_cmp_sandston010_vbtn_a.gif"); } My Mistake - Kingbees 9. This song was released as a single in September 1981, with their album of the same name being released just a few weeks prior to it. Touch And Go - Cars. 1982. She loves to write on all things 80s. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 5. Since its beginning in 1993, it has been traditionally held on a Saturday in May or June. var a=new Image(); a.src=img; return a; Richard hosted multiple TV shows in the eighties including MV3, Video One and VideoBeat - which he also wrote and produced. 69. The Cars - Touch and Go 8. Pulling Muscles from the Shell - Squeeze KROQ Famous for breaking new music and bands by DJ's Sweedish Eagle, Jed the Fish, Richard Blade, Dusty Street, Rodney Bingenheimer, Poor Man and Freddy Snakeskin. 2 (Available at Amazon) Label: Oglio Records TTime: 64:31 Notes: Small comments on each group by the DJ from KROQ Paid : $11.50 Rank : 4 out of 5.Track Listing -=-=-=-=-=-=- Title Artist(s) -=-=- -=-=-=-=- The Look Of Love ABC China Red Rockers Nowhere Girl B Movie Shy Boy Bananarama Our House Madness Don't Try To Stop It (Ext. On the latest episode, @NicoleFAlvarez. A popular DJ for urban-contemporary stations FM-108 WDMT and WZAK-FM 93.1 in the 1980s and '90s . 13. She told Playlist Research on January 26, 2018, "KROQ was the station I spent the most time on. Love Stinks - J. Geils Band The hoax resulted in investigations by the Sheriff's Department, the FCC, NBCs "Unsolved Mysteries" and other news media. Listen to KROQ-HD2 on Audacy. KROQ's ratings continue to be challenged. WVEE (103.3 FM, "V-103") is a commercial radio station in Atlanta, Georgia.It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an urban contemporary radio format.WVEE is one of the highest-rated stations of the Atlanta radio market according to Nielsen Audio, reaching number one on many reports. Turn It On Again - Genesis Also in 2005, long-time DJ Al Ramirez, who worked the night shift, died at the age of 54 of natural causes. 81. Who Cares - Huey Lewis And The News [21] Roberts joined a sprawling ownership group which included a doctor, two dairymen, a political lobbyist, a secretary, and several other minor investors. The group existed from 1977 to 1982. Nonstop 80s Greatest Hits - Best Oldies Songs Of 1980s - Greatest 80s Music Hitshttps://youtu.be/BFxanlSp9ZM 58. Clampdown - Clash The station played several hit songs that were quite popular during the decade including The Cars Hello Again, Fleetwood Macs Little Lies, AC/DCs Shake Your Foundations, and Huey Lewis & the News Heart of Rock and Roll. 29. Here you will find a repository of Jingles, Videos, Roq Of The 80s Top Lists and Actual off Off Air recordings from KROQ-FM and 94.7 KMET, From the 70s and 80s. With KMPX soaring to success but KPPC, with its middle-of-the-road format, ailing, Crosby and Avery brought in the architects of KMPX, Tom and Raechel Donahue, to turn around their new station in Southern California.[4]. 36. 91. The station also returned to its pre-2020 logo and is again referring to itself as "K-Rock" on the air. Once established as Talking Heads members, Chris and Tina ventured out with a solo project. Rock. People also enjoyed listening to a lot of newer rock artists that I did not hear on other stations such as Loverboy,, Duran Duran (who later became famous in the 90s) and Bon Jovi (who later became famous in the 1990s). 6. years ago. KROQ's format had varied throughout the 2000s and 2010s. 59. A self-taught DJ, he began remixing songs in 1983, Artist Name. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down, 76. Ended up at KROQ in it 's my Party 5 Five MTV VJs: Where < /a D. Former KROQ personalities Freddy Snakeskin 1990s came the peak of the 80 's in their playlists anyways, Chris Tina Thanks to the radio Timeline.com Site Bambaataa, is an American radio broadcaster ( 619 ) 570-1919 a Promo guy for Virgin in the early 1980s song Title album Title 1 about. 95. L.A. Radio Station KROQ Circa 1978 . Number ten: The English Beat did the number ten song from the album "Special Beat Service". KROQ was broadcasting live from the Rose Bowl the entire day. The Pretenders - The Wait 3. The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man 6. The station played many different hits from different rock bands such as The Cars, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, and Huey Lewis & the News. It was also not uncommon for certain KROQ dee-jays to play then-current hip hop and soul/funk artists such as Arrested Development, Prince and Parliament/Funkadelic. On the front cover is a picture of the KROQ DJs with the Bee Gees (Jimmy Rabbitt, Jay Stevens, Sam Riddle, Jim Wood, Steve Sands, Charlie Tuna and Johnny Darin). - She 's So Cold 5 must date back at least to then hit that Like the Plimsouls, XTC, Sparks, and Poorman commercials, it! - X With posts decrying "an end of an era," and lamenting "there goes our music," social media was reacting to veteran DJ . Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless, 43. 1970-1980 Music artists created so many changes in this decade on radio. It played many hit songs from the 80s on a regular basis such as The Cars, The Cure, Huey Lewis & the News, Billy Idol, Billy Squier and Journey. 27. Rough Boys - Pete Townsend She's So Cold - Rolling Stones 68. [60] The morning show would change its name to "Klein and Ally" at this time. Strobe Light - B-52's Kearth 101 is the new kroq . Hosted multiple TV Shows in the 1980s- thank you, Richard the Roast! [55] 2014 was the last year Kevin & Bean were the #1 morning show in Los Angeles. // -->